Right, the silk is now drying happily in my bathroom, having been washed and rinsed and washed and rinsed, I'm amazed it's still in yarn form!

I have a question though - before I washed it the first time, the silk had a kind of sheen to it, and was well spun, but it's quite fluffy now - is that natural and will it go back to normal once it's dried out properly and handled a bit, do you think?